Timeless graphic design from Blue Note Records applied to the Wu. Great selections and art direction.

Someone hire this dude already (much respect).

My favorite Method Man recording!

Surprised that this is the weakest design.

Next up in the fashion files…..

No disrespect to workwear boots, but it’s just not for me. I rarely participate in the building trades and the shits look Herman Munster. However, I do dedicate a good chunk of time in the woods to hike and fish as often as life allows. That’s why I was glad to receive a new pair of Fracaps from our homies in Lecce, Italy. Grazie! These are going to be a staple of my wardrobe alongside the Clae Strayhorns (thanks Matt & Sung) I picked up at Capsule in vegas.

You can buy here.

Also, Marc Bell(Drawn and Quartely) just finished the poster for our upcoming October show
The Right Thing The Wrong Way
The Story of Highwater Books

Included will be various works by the core artists involved in the development of Highwater Books (Brain Ralph, Megan Kelso, Ron Rege, Jordan Crane, Greg Cook, Jef Czekaj, Marc Bell, Kurt Wolfgang), some of the work wil be new some will be originals pages from their published work. Though not all of these artists were published by Highwater, they all worked with/for the company in one way or another and since a large of part of Highwater was it’s status as a kind of comics “gang” it is important that the people that appear in the show were integral in that. Along with the original work there will be an installation that exhibits the ephemera/history of the company to give the art and artists context as well as a catalog that will give an oral history of the company.

Amazing album cover from Mickey Moonlight on Ed Banger. SoMe’s art direction is such large reason for the label’s success!

Sat in with Jesse from Apollo Sunshine for his early DJ gig at the Middlesex the othernight… hipped me to a Mickey Moonlight version of Sun Ra’s interplanetary music….

Mickey Moonlight – Interplanetary Music from T.A.M. Corp. on Vimeo.

Jesse learned his way around the turntables from Edan the Humble Magnificent , who coincidentally just got his own radio show for download here. Odd thing about this city, Edan was Wire Magazine’s Hip Hop artist of 2005, but still didn’t have a following here…. Still the only emcee I’ve seen who could juggle two records with one hand and hold the mic & rhyme with the other hand (although I hear J-live can do it).

We bounced out to check the ICA Experiment with Dan Deacon. It was originally going to be outdoors, but the weather didn’t hold out. The video /perfomance by Ultimate Reality was really dope, but technical problems during Deacon’s set turned the show into a great big ball of suck Bostonist has a pretty good review of the soundsystem debacle and why it was ultimately big swindle.

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  Matthew Africa is giving away his Best of DJ Quik Mixtape here.
• Got caught up with every album of 2008 by streaminghere. Heads were right about the fleet foxes album being aiiight.
• Future superproducer Natural Curezjust posted some new tracks… Them arrangements need more tension & release!
• The Selvedge Yard picks mid century design classics… Jens Risom’s prefabricated vacation house is a must have.
• Our homie Jamie from Stones Throw records has brought in crazy talent to the summer sunday LA series the Do Over. Great live sets from PBW, Rhettmatic, Dam Funk, Adam12, Neil Armstrong, Nu-Mark , Mike B and Cosmo Baker all catalogued for downloading pleasure.
• Free sticker printing!?
• Hey Berlin, our friend Ivo Gretner has a solo show opening June 19th at PM Galerie.